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People protesting the results of a parliamentary vote gather outside the seized main government building, known as the White House, in Bishkek, on October 6, 2020. - Kyrgyzstan was deep in political crisis Tuesday with its pro-Russian president insisting he was in control despite protesters capturing the seat of government and freeing his predecessor and nemesis following violent clashes with police. (AFP)World
Opposition in Kyrgyzstan claim power after storming government...

Kyrgyzstan is a close ally of Russia and has long been a platform for geopolitical competition between Moscow,...

6 Oct 2020 2:33 PM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP)World
Navalny makes first video appearance since coma in two-hour video...

The Kremlin critic said his health had improved and that doctors were surprised by the speed of his recovery

6 Oct 2020 2:05 PM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (PTI FIle)World
India, US, Australia, Japan to discuss China's growing power in Quad...

The talks follow recent tensions between China and India over the border issue as well as Australia's deteriorating ties...

6 Oct 2020 10:42 AM IST

Peoples Liberation Army soldiers march to their barracks opposite the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AFP File)World
Taiwan says military under pressure from China as missions mount

China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up its military activities near the island

6 Oct 2020 10:14 AM IST

Build back greener: UKs Johnson pitches wind-driven recovery from pandemicWorld
Build back greener: UK's Johnson pitches wind-driven recovery from...

Johnson is under pressure over his handling of the pandemic as his government's response has been cast by opponents as...

6 Oct 2020 9:49 AM IST

President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP)World
Trump, still infectious, back at White House without mask

Trump left Walter Reed, where his doctor said earlier Monday that the president would not be fully 'out of the woods'...

6 Oct 2020 9:11 AM IST

A view of tanks which Azeri army officials said were seized during the ongoing fighting with Armenia over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, in the town of Beylagan on October 5, 2020. (AFP)World
Armenia, Azerbaijan clashes resume over separatist region

The fighting erupted September 27 and has killed dozens, marking the biggest escalation in the decades-old conflict over...

5 Oct 2020 5:53 PM IST

Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane and Harsh V Shringla, Foreign Secretary along with Saurabh Kumar called on State Counsellor H.E. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. (Via Indian Embassy in Myanmar)World
India gives 3,000 vials of Remdesivir to 'friendly' Myanmar to help...

General Naravane and Shringla's two-day visit to Myanmar assumes significance as it comes in the midst of the...

5 Oct 2020 3:23 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan underwent a test for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. (AFP Photo)World
FATF all set to decide on Pakistan's grey list status

To wriggle out of the grey list, Pakistan had recently imposed sanctions on 88 terror groups and their leaders,...

5 Oct 2020 1:18 PM IST

Vice President Mike Pence greets the crowd before he speaks during a Faith and Freedom Coalition policy conference. (AP)World
Trump's defender: Pence's campaign role grows at key moment

With Trump hospitalized with COVID-19, his ever-loyal No. 2 will play an increasingly prominent role in the weeks ahead

5 Oct 2020 12:57 PM IST

The Glass Fire begins its descent into the valley after ravaging the hills as night falls on Napa Valley, California on September 27, 2020. - The Glass fire grew to 2,500 Acres on the evening of September 27. A heat wave and dry winds create critical weather conditions and mandatory evacuations are in order. (AFP)World
Record California wildfires burn over 4 million acres

The most-populous US state suffered five of its six largest wildfires in history this year

5 Oct 2020 12:18 PM IST

Vorayuth \Boss\ Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded energy drink company Red Bull, walks to get in a car as he leaves a house in London. Charges have been dropped against the Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who is accused in a 2012 car crash that killed a Bangkok police officer, Thai police said Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP)World
Interpol issues 'red notice' for Thai Red Bull heir over hit-and-run

The charges against Vorayuth, grandson of Red Bull's co-founder, were dropped in July - sparking public outrage from...

5 Oct 2020 11:27 AM IST

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